Corner Brook natives earn gold at national bowling Open in Calgary

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Sara Kennedy, centre, listens to her Holiday Lanes teammates during the provincial Open five-pin bowling championships held recently in Corner Brook. The Corner Brook native won the national Open women's singles crown in Calgary over the weekend.

Two Corner Brook natives won gold medals on the national five-pin bowling stage as members of St. John’s bowling alleys.

Corner Brook native Sara Kennedy of Holiday Lanes won gold in women’s singles at the 2014 National Five-Pin Open Bowling Championships at the Chinook Bowladrome over the weekend, while Stephen Peddle — who grew up honing his skills in the Corner Brook Youth Bowling Canada program — won a gold medal as a member of the St. Pat’s Lanes men’s championship team representing Newfoundland and Labrador in Calgary.

Kennedy had a 246.6 average for the national tournament finishing fourth overall in the group of five women who advanced to the stepladder final for the women’s national Open singles crown. Kennedy posted five wins in a row in the journey to gold, which culminated with her defeating top seed Helene Godmaire — who had to be beaten twice as the top seed — in two-straight games in the stepladder final.

Peddle posted a tournament average of 256.73 with a 328 single his best performance on the hardwood in round-robin play as the Newfoundland and Labrador men’s team defeated Alberta twice — 6-2 both times — in the men’s stepladder final.

The men’s team finished second overall of the four teams earning a berth in the stepladder final.